Happy Thursday, MarketWatchers! Here are your top personal finance stories of the day.

Personal Finance One country is catching up with the U.S. as the most popular destination for foreign workers

The U.S. remains the top destination for people in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa.

Should your business be a C corporation or pass-through entity? What makes sense under the new tax law

The new flat 21% corporate federal income tax rate changes how businesses should classify themselves.

This canned rosé comes with its own hashtag

Inspired by ‘joyous’ pool parties, Bev is yet another boozy beverage targeting millennial women.

Home prices are plummeting in Puerto Rico—what buyers need to know

Buyers should think twice before rushing in to score a deal on the Caribbean island.

I earned $5 million in my lifetime—now my long-lost son keeps hitting me up for money

This man says he tried to find the son he fathered in his teens, but his son found him and discovered he was loaded.

How I got my landlord to lower my rent—and save me $2,400 over the next year

A confluence of issues led this writer to successfully ask for a rent decrease.

New research claims coffee isn’t bad for you, but should you drink 8 cups a day?

You may be able to drink multiple cups of coffee a day without serious health risks.

While visiting my dying stepmother, I discovered her children had looted my father’s estate

‘A word of warning to your readers: Don’t trust anyone.’

How to make the best of all that credit-card junk mail (yes, really)

There are signs this aggressive kind of direct mailing is falling out of favor with companies.

I earn $13 per hour babysitting two boys, but their mother wants to hire another girl and pay me 50% of my hourly rate

‘Listen to your instincts. If you start now, you will hone those skills.’

Elsewhere on MarketWatch To invert or not to invert? That is the Fed’s question

The market is not persuaded that the Fed will keep to its agenda of raising rates if it means the yield curve inverts.

Here’s the new recession indicator presented to Fed officials

Federal Reserve policy makers were presented with a new recession indicator, according to minutes released Thursday.

Fed increasingly worried about spillovers from trade, but showed no sign of pausing rate hikes

Fed officials were increasingly worried about trade war but wanted to continually gradually hiking interest rates, according to minutes of the June meeting released Thursday.

Is North Korea already balking at denuclearization?

There are several reports that North Korea is continuing its missile- and nuclear-development program.

For good of country and party, Republicans should impeach Scott Pruitt

Rooting out blatant corruption would show that Congress can hold the executive branch accountable, writes Rex Nutting.

Trump puts American democracy on the brink

We are now witnessing what happens when the system of checks and balances is torn asunder, writes Joseph Stiglitz.

How low can U.S. unemployment go? What to watch in the June jobs report

Here’s what to watch in the employment report for June

Mortgage rates fall to 3-month low as flight to safety rolls on

It'll cost you less to take out a mortgage, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly averages, even though most analysts had expected rates to rise enough to challenge the housing market this year.

Here are the top candidates to be Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

As President Donald Trump gets ready to nominate a replacement for the retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, here’s a look at the top candidates to fill the post.

June swoon? No way. Most American businesses grew faster, ISM gauge shows

Most American companies saw a pickup in business in June, reflecting a surge in growth in the spring that pushed the U.S. economy to fresh heights. The Institute for Supply Management’s survey of service-oriented companies such as hospitals, retailers and restaurants rose to 59.1% from 58.6%.

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